The townTorino is a Roman built city, and was Italy's first capital after Italy unification. It is now a great industrial district. Each moment in history has left its mark on the city, creating a legacy of culture, architecture and monuments. Torino is the reference point for development of new technologies and production sectors. It hosted the 2006 20th Winter Olympics Games.
Torino has a Baroque and an Art Nouveau face. It has its Royal Residences, its bridges and 18km of arcades lining the city centre. Please see the Congress web site for more information. Torino is thronged with private art galleries, foundations and permanent exhibitions, and a suite of museums that ranges from the Castello di Rivoli (museum of contemporary art), to the Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (modern art), Egyptian Museum (the 2nd in the world), Museo del Cinema (movie museum), Museo dell'Automobile (car museum from the beginning of 1900), and museum of the Holy Shroud. University of Torino is one of the oldest Universities in Italy, established in 1404, and attended by 65,000 students. Erasmus of Rotterdam (1506), and two Nobel Laureates, Renato Dulbecco and Rita Levi Montalcini, graduated there.